Soap-anchor.



PATENTBD MAY 5, 1908.

Gw. GAINES.

SOAP ANCHOR.

APrLloA'rIoN FILED 1111.11.1907.

i A anonym UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

SOAP-ANCHOR.

Specilcationlof Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Application led April 6, 1907. Serial No. 366,825.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. G AINEs, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Omaha, in the county oi Douglas and State ofNebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Soap-Anchors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to soap anchors designed for the purpose ofholding a piece of toilet soap in position for use upon a washstand orin other position for use, and one of the principal objects of the sameis to provide a coiled wire anchor ada ted t6 be embedded in a cake ofsoap at the time it is molded, and to provide a projecting loop to beconnected to a chain or other suitable flexible attachment to beconnected to the washstand.

Another object of the invention is to. provide a coiled wire anchor tobe embedded in a piece oi toilet soap, said anchor having its terminalends secured together within the coils so that they will not come incontact with the hands of the user of the soap when the cake has beenworn down beyond the coils.

Still another object oit' the invention is to provide a simple anchoringdevice for cakes of toilet soap to prevent their surreptitious removalfrom a lavatory, said device comprisinfT a simple anchor made from asingle strand of wire, and comprising a central bar encircled by spiralcoils, the ends of the central bar coming together inside the coils toobviate projecting portions which might injure the hands of the user ofthe soap.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a washstand of ordinary construction,and showing my soap anchor secured thereto by means of a chain, said soaanchor being attached to a cake of soap. *ig 2 is a side elevation ofthe anchor, and a cake of soap being shown in dotted lines in positionto be connected to the anchor. Fig. 3 is an end elevation ofthe anchor.

Referrinfy to the drawing for a more particular description of myinvention, the numeral 1 designates a washstand of any suitableconstruction provided preferably with a ring 2 in which an ordinaryvpadlock 3 is connected. Secured to the bail of the padlock is a chain 4,said chain being connected at its other end, to my anchor embedded in acake of soap.

The anchor is made from a single strand of wire of the proper gage, saidstrand being bent to form the attaching loop 5, one portion of thestrand being twisted, as at 6, around the central bar 7, and continuedin the form of coils 8 of the oval contour, as

shown in Fig. 3, said coils terminating in al loop 9 at the opposite endof the anchor from the loop 5, and extended from thence centrally backbetween the coils, the two ends of the wire strand terminating at 10 ina position substantially central to the length of the anchor.

The anchor is embedded within a cake of soap of any suitable shape andrequired size, the base 1l oi the loop 5 serving as a cross bar toassist in holding the anchor within the soap until it has been entirelyused,even to the portion which is embedded between the coils of theanchor.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that my soap'y anchor is oi sim leconstruction, is

provided* with a centra longitudinal barl which prevents the movement ofthe coils of the anchor, and which also rovides means for connecting theends of t e wire strand within the coils so as to protect the hands ofthe user.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A soap anchor comprising a series of coils, an attaching loo at oneend thereof, and a central longitu inal bar formin the terminal ends ofthe wire strand of whic the anchor is composed.

2. A soap anchor made from a single strand of wire and comprising anattaching loop, aA

series of coils, and a central longitudinal bar extending inside thecoils, said bar being composed of the two terminal ends of the wirestrand.

3. A soa lanchor comprising an attaching loop, said oop being broughttogether an one of the strands forming the same bein wrapped around astraight bar member an from thence coiled around said member at somedistance therefrom, and the o posite end of 'the Wire being extendedfrom t e opposite end of the anchor inward and securedl to the said twoends being secured together for the first mentioned bar intermediate thecoils, purpose described. 10 substantially as described. In testimonywhereof, I affix my signature *p 4. Asoap anchor made from a singlestrand in presence of two Witnesses.

/`"5"'"of wire and comprising an attaching loop, a GEORGE W. GAINES.

series of coils and a central lon itudinal bar Witnesses: extendinginside the coils, said ar compris- ARTHUR W. GRoss,

ing the terminal ends ofthe wire strands, and BEN N. BoYsEN.

